Appeal No. 97-2720 Page 3
Application No. 08/354,387
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a sheet feeder with
a variable length sheetpath. An understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1,
which appears in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Scott 760,402 May 17,
1904
DuBois 4,702,466 Oct. 27,
1987
Paxon 5,050,859 Sep. 24,
1991
Watanabe 5,101,241 Mar. 31,
1992
Claims 1, 4, 6 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
102(b) as being anticipated by DuBois.
Claims 2, 3, 7 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over DuBois in view of Watanabe.
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